The Algeciras Conference in 1911 awarded Spain control of the Rif region of northern Morocco, known afterward as Spanish Morocco in the West.
Spain did not make a serious effort to secure control over the Rif until after the Great War. The 1920s saw a bloody conflict that eventually subdued the Rifians, but also led to the end of constitutional rule in Spain.
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Mark, wonderful episode, with a concise but thorough explanation of complicated Spanish politic pre Civil War, something that is hard to find and rarely done. Thank you
Great episode as usual! Just one comment: Catalonia is located in northeastern Spain, not in the southeastern part.
In my rectilinear way of thinking about Spanish geography, I mentally label the Atlantic coast the “north” of Spain and the Mediterranean coast the “south,” but that twist in the neck of the Iberian Peninsula messes with my coordinates. Still, I would not call it northeastern Spain. I would call the Basque country the northeast. I probably should have just said eastern Spain.